Saturday, October 18, 2008

McCain, Obama view world in starkly different ways

Separated by a generation and by one's legendary military experience, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama offer voters contrasting worldviews, suggesting that they'd pursue different foreign policies as president.

With the presidential campaign overshadowed by the financial meltdown, Obama-McCain debates largely have been limited to a handful of world hot spots: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the deterioration of Pakistan and whether to talk to Iran.

Yet on a host of other issues — such as free trade, promoting democracy abroad and dealing with the United Nations and Russia — the two candidates differ markedly in tone, if not always in substance, according to their speeches, statements and position papers.

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